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Senior Manager (Level 2) Corporate Governance
Post Number: 000528, August 2025
Year: 2025
Corporate governance is vitally important for the EPA in effectively discharging its statutory remit. The EPA has a Corporate Governance Unit to specifically oversee and implement the requirements of the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies (2016) as well as other corporate governance functions. The successful candidate will fulfil the dual role as Senior Manager in the Corporate Governance Unit and the role of Head of Internal Audit (HIA). The appointee will be assigned a senior management and leadership role, reporting directly to the Director General in respect of the HIA role and to the Programme Manager, Corporate Governance or other designated Officer in respect of other Corporate Governance responsibilities.
Ballymagroarty Public Drinking Water Supply 2024
Year: 2025
Drinking Water Audit Report in respect of audit carried out on 04/07/2024 at Ballymagroarty Public Drinking Water Supply
Radioactivity in Seawater 1995 to 2023
Year: 2025
Radioactivity in Marine Biota 1995 to 2023
Year: 2025
Public Consultation on the timetable & work programme for Ireland's 4th cycle Water Action Plan 2028-2033 (EPA ref: EPAC- 0125)
Year: 2025
EPA submission in response to the public consultation on the timetable & work programme for Ireland's 4th cycle Water Action Plan 2028-2033
Quarterly Greenhouse Gas Emissions Indicator Report 2025 Quarter 1
Year: 2025
This is the fifth EPA report in a new series of quarterly greenhouse gas emissions for Ireland to support more frequent monitoring of national and sectoral progress on climate action. This series complements the national greenhouse gas inventory and projections prepared annually by the EPA. Emissions in Quarter 1 2025 were up by 2.9% on the same quarter last year. This was mainly driven by increased emissions in the agriculture sector (+8.7%) due to increased fertiliser sales, and the Electricity sector driven by a 4.1% increase in electricity generation from fossil fuels.
EPA submission: Public consultation on the draft Built & Archaeological Heritage Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan 2025 (EPA Ref: EPAC-2125).
Year: 2025
EPA response to the public consultation on the draft Built & Archaeological Heritage Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan 2025
EPA submission: Public Consultation on the draft Transport Climate Change Sectoral Adaption Plan II (T-SAP II) (EPA Ref: EPAC-1625)
Year: 2025
EPA response to the public consultation on the draft Transport Climate Change Sectoral Adaption Plan II (T-SAP II).
EPA Annual Report and Accounts 2024
Year: 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency Annual Report and Accounts for 2024 provides details of the work undertaken during the year and includes financial statements.
EPA Audit Report on Wexford County Council 17/04/25.
Year: 2025
EPA Audit Report on Wexford County Council 17/04/25.
EPA Audit Report on Limerick City and County Council 29/04/25.
Year: 2025
EPA Audit Report on Limerick City and County Council 29/04/25.
EPA Audit Report on Donegal County Council 21/03/25.
Year: 2025
EPA Audit Report on Donegal County Council 21/03/25.
EPA submission: Review of Large Energy Users Connection Policy (EPA Ref- EPAC 0225)
Year: 2025
EPA submission in response to the Review of Large Energy Users Connection Policy
Drinking Water Quality in Private Group Schemes and Small Private Supplies 2024
Year: 2025
This report provides an overview of the quality of drinking water in private group schemes and small private supplies
EPA submission: Draft National Policy Statement and Roadmap on Circular Textiles (EPA Ref: EPAC 0925)
Year: 2025
EPA submission in response to the Draft National Policy Statement and Roadmap on Circular Textiles.
Ballyshannon Public Drinking Water Supply 2024
Year: 2025
Drinking Water Audit Report in respect of audit carried out on 11/06/2024 at Ballyshannon Public Drinking Water Supply
FOI Disclosures Log January to June 2025
Details of non-personal requests received under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, July 2025
Year: 2025
Details of non-personal requests received under the Freedom of Information Act 2024, published on a quarterly basis.
Research 489: Strategies to Improve Water Quality from Managed Peatlands (SWAMP) Project
Authors: Florence Renou-Wilson, Lipe R. D. Mendes, Michael Bruen, Elizabeth Conroy, Thomas Donahue, David Morgan, Behzad Mozafari, Connie O’Driscoll, Fiachra O’Loughlin, Catharine Pschenyckyj, Shane Regan and Mary Kelly-Quinn, July 2025
Year: 2025
The Strategies to Improve Water Quality from Managed Peatlands (SWAMP) research project aimed to address key knowledge gaps about water quality degradation in Ireland's peatland areas. This degradation is caused by decades of drainage for industrial and domestic peat extraction. The project reveals how long-term drainage for peat extraction and other land uses have negatively impacted Ireland's rivers and streams. Drained peatlands have leached harmful nutrients, acids, and carbon-rich water into these water bodies. The research focuses on identifying pollution hotspots, measuring the effects of peat soil drainage on water chemistry and aquatic biodiversity, assessing pollution prevention measures, and developing better hydrological models to predict the response of peatlands to drainage and restoration. These findings come at a crucial time as Ireland must address the specific challenges of complying with the Water Framework Directive and fulfilling the Nature Restoration Law.
Guidelines on the Preparation of Evidence Synthesis Reports
Year: 2025
Guidelines on the Preparation of Evidence Synthesis Reports